Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 86095

Ultrasonics

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Chris Hinchliff

LabourNorth East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent pelvic ultrasounds.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We inherited a broken National Health Service, and reducing elective waiting lists is a key part of getting it back on its feet and building an NHS that is fit for the future. To that end we have committed to achieving the NHS Constitutional standard that...

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